The Central Massachusetts Conference was a high school athletic conference located in District 2 of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. All of the schools in the conference during the final years of existence were Catholic Schools located in the Worcester County of Massachusetts. St. Bernard's Football and Ice Hockey teams were part of the Catholic Central League. [1]
Contents
- Former Members
- State Championships
- Football[8]
- Cross Country[9]
- Soccer[10]
- Golf[11]
- Field Hockey[12]
- Basketball[13]
- Indoor Track[9]
- Ice Hockey[14]
- Alpine Ski[15]
- Baseball[16]
- Softball[17]
- Tennis[18]
- References
The current iteration of the conference was founded in 1975 [2] with schools Fitchburg, Gardner, Holy Name, Leominster, St. Bernard's, St. John's, St. Peter's (which would become St. Peter-Marian a year later after merging with Marian High), and Wachusett. [3] It wasn't long until members began leaving however, Gardner being the first to go join the massive Wachusett League in the fall of 1980. [4] The conference remained stable for the better half of the decade until 1988, when Fitchburg, Leominster and Wachusett all left for the Midland League. [5] By now, all schools had dwindling enrollment sizes except for St. John's who was easily overpowering the others in athletics. This led to St. John's leaving for the Catholic Conference in 2021. [6] In 2025, with the conference on its final leg, it merged with the Colonial Athletic League, Dual Valley Conference, Inter-High League, and the Southern Worcester County League to create the Central Massachusetts Athletic Conference [7] .